Thursday, December 4, 2014

I am super excited to write this! This was my 2nd wreath to ever make and I think I did really well. First I search pinterest to get an idea of what type of wreath I wanted to make. I didn't want one that was over the top just something simple. I wanted to not use a wire wreath but one with evergreen.
Micheal's was having a 50% off sale which was perfect. I bought the evergreen wreath, blue wired edge ribbon, and 6 blue and silver holiday decorations. The total cost was $24.90. I came home and couldn't wait to start. I fluffed up the evergreen wreath, then I took my ribbon and wrapping it around 1 green steams and continued the same patten with the ribbon all around the wreath. I only did 1 passed around, you can do two if you like. (just remember it will make your wreath bigger)

Next I played with where I wanted the accent pieces to go. I knew I wanted to place them in 2 different places. I wrapped each piece around each steam until it came out the way I liked it. This project I was so proud of and it only took 30 minutes to do!

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

I love cooking meals for my family. I love everything from the planning of my weekly menu's, making the grocery list, grocery shopping, to Preparing the meals and eating the meals I make. My menus have not only nightly Dinners but Lunches as well, and I try to throw in a weekend breakfast and a dip. Last week our menu actually was me and my wonderful Husband eating out (week long date night)because all the kids were gone for the week. But stay tuned folks next weeks menu is awesome!!!

Monday, December 1, 2014

AHHH Thanksgiving is over! Hope everyone had a great time with family and friends! Now it time to focus on Christmas! So today I started a 21 day organization challenge. Everyday I will be working on a part of the house to get or keep it organized for the Christmas holidays! Every Monday I'll keep you updated on how everything went and what is getting organized next week.This week I'll be organizing:

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About Me

Welcome to Never in the Kitchen! Hello I'm Donna Ausmus. The name for this blog was thought up by my youngest daughter Abby as a joke; because I'm always in the kitchen. I started this blog because of my love of cooking for my friends and family. From cooking I expand this blog out into crafts, canning, planning/organzing, and budgeting. I love to try new homemade things from cleaning products to new types of bread to make.

My family is always on a budget and I love sharing my ideas for saving money and still having fun! Our family never goes without and we make sure to live well below our mends.

In our 3 bedroom 1 bath (that's right 1 bath!!!) rental house we have a full house! There is My wonderful hubby, My son, James who is just starting college, my youngest daughter Abby, who is in her senior year of high school, me, 2 dogs and we have my step sons, Aidan who is 13 and Landon who is 10 come up to stay with us at least twice a month, and my oldest daughter Victoria who comes to visit from Houston when she can.

This blog is about who I am and how we are always changing as a blended family.